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Sentencing pregnant women and new mothers
From 1 April 2024, the Council is including a new, dedicated mitigating factor: ‘Pregnancy, childbirth and post-natal care’, in the majority of offence specific sentencing ...
Sentencing pregnant women and new mothers
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The Imposition guideline – what is it?
The Imposition guideline sets out the general principles for imposing community orders and custodial sentences, and in what circumstances a custodial sentence can be suspended.
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Totality explained
Every day, judges and magistrates preside over cases coming before them in court and, if an offender is found guilty, they use sentencing guidelines to ...
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How sentencing guidelines recognise the impact of crime on victims
Victims are central to sentencing guidelines. When following the guidelines, the two things a court must consider first when deciding how serious a case is ...
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The Chairman's review: our achievements of 2021
As 2021 draws to a close, I want to take this time to reflect on some of the work the Sentencing Council has completed over ...
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Reflecting sentencers’ voices in guideline research
Bethany Brewer and Harriet Miles of the Council’s Analysis and Research team say why we are recruiting volunteers to help us with our research
Judicial input ...
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Assessing harm in child sexual offences where there is no victim
Senior Policy Adviser, Ollie Simpson, explains why the Council is consulting on a harm assessment in child sexual offences that is based on what the ...
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Ethnicity data: what we have and how we use it in developing guidelines
Jenna Downs, Senior Statistical Officer on the Council’s Analysis and Research team, explains why the Council has moved to using self-identified ethnicity data
The Council is ...
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Learning about the sentencing process for assault and criminal damage offences
(The data collection referred to in this blog closed on 7 May 2021.)
Majid Bastan-Hagh, Social Researcher, talks about the Council’s data-collection exercise on assault and criminal ...
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Theft from a shop or stall – data release
Charlotte Davidson, Senior Statistical Officer, on the data we have published covering this theft offence and why it is such an important step for the ...